Owar Surname
Approximately 4,739 people bear this surname
Owar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Owar (2,091) may also be a first name.
Owar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owar is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owar? popularity and diffusion
Owar is the 99,794th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,537,781 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owar are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Owar is also the 164,606th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,091 people.
The surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4,668 people, or 1 in 20,897. Besides Ethiopia Owar exists in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Owar
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